High school student charged $20 for sex

Published: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 01:44 PM.

GREENSBORO — According to school officials, the three Grimsley High School students arrested in connection with prostitution charges were exchanging sex for $20.

One male and two females were arrested on May 1. They were charged with solicitation, prostitution and abetting prostitution, although police would not say who was charged with which offense. All three were under the age of 16.

The exact ages of the students and the school year was not released. Susan Danielsen, spokeswoman for the police department, said police did not want to give information that may identify the students.

"We're talking $20 and three students that made really bad decisions," said Cynthia Robbins Shah-Khan, director of communications for Guilford County Schools.

Grimsley High's school resource officer learned of the incident involving the three students at 4:10 p.m. on May 1, the day it happened. Neither police nor school officials would say how the officer learned of the incident.

The incident happened at 12:10 p.m. inside a school building at Grimsley.

GREENSBORO — According to school officials, the three Grimsley High School students arrested in connection with prostitution charges were exchanging sex for $20.

One male and two females were arrested on May 1. They were charged with solicitation, prostitution and abetting prostitution, although police would not say who was charged with which offense. All three were under the age of 16.

The exact ages of the students and the school year was not released. Susan Danielsen, spokeswoman for the police department, said police did not want to give information that may identify the students.

"We're talking $20 and three students that made really bad decisions," said Cynthia Robbins Shah-Khan, director of communications for Guilford County Schools.

Grimsley High's school resource officer learned of the incident involving the three students at 4:10 p.m. on May 1, the day it happened. Neither police nor school officials would say how the officer learned of the incident.

The incident happened at 12:10 p.m. inside a school building at Grimsley.

Police said only money was exchanged.

Police and school officials said there have been no other offenses of this kind reported in the district.

"This is an isolated incident with students," Shah-Khan said. "As a school district, we have acted on it and disciplined them."

Shah-Khan said the incident at Grimsley High falls under Rule 4 in the district's policies and procedures. The offense involves inappropriate or lewd interpersonal behavior.

The policy reads that personal and social relationships will be conducted "according to acceptable community standards. Inappropriate public displays of affection as determined by the principal will not be allowed. Lewd, illegal or sexual gestures or acts, even if consensual, will result in consequences."

According to the policy, penalties range from in-school suspension to long-term suspension.